Today we want to highlight another game based on Ogre3D that made its way successfully onto Steam: Kromaia. Check it out on Steam and watch the trailer at the end of this post.
The frantic old-school action of classic coin-op shoot-‘em-ups comes crashing headlong into the 21st century with Kromaia, exclusively for PC. Explosive high-octane blasting combines with hordes of enemies in a 360˚ environment, allowing you to fly, spin and shoot anywhere and everywhere!
Where most shooters see you racing along a fixed path to blast anything in your way, Kromaia does things differently. Set in three-dimensional space, you’re free not just to explore but also dodge and blast through hordes of enemies all intent on destroying you! With your objectives spread out in all directions, it’s a true test of high-speed flying and sharpshooting skill – only the greatest space pilots need apply!
Game Features
True 360˚ Action – Kromaia sends classic coin-op shooting action hurtling into a new dimension, allowing players to explore huge 3D worlds full of things to blow up!
Harder, Stronger, Faster – The better you do, the tougher things get; adaptive AI adjusts to your abilities, ensuring you’ll always face a true challenge!
The Bigger They Are… – Survive through all your objectives and you’ll have a bigger challenge ahead: gigantic bosses that need to be destroyed before they destroy you!
Take Your Pick – Four unique craft, each with their own style of weaponry, let you experience the action of Kromaia in your own way. Rapid-fire guns, homing shots, powerful blasts or melee strikes… it’s totally up to you!
Long time no post, but that certainly doesn’t mean that there is nothing going on. In fact there are multiple new entries queued up, so stay tuned. Here comes the first:
The guys over at the “ManicNorth” studio asked us to spread the word about there current Ogre3D based project called “Seasoned Tactics” and of course we happily oblige. It is a turn-based tactics arena game where players take control of the four seasons to battle for control of a tiled board. They are currently seeking support for their new creation trough Steam Greenlight as well as through their ongoing Kickstarter campaign.
Information about the artwork and mechanics of the game can be found on their website / blog. (more…)
many of you might already have seen that promising project in our forums, but nonetheless we think it deserves an extra spot here as well.
Void Destroyer – a space simulation with real time strategy elements (inspired by the classics). Manage planets and build space stations, setup trade routes, build ships and command them to defend yourself from attacking pirates and aliens. Play with a mouse or joystick. Take command of your ship directly or let the ship crew do the work for you while you manage the battle from the tactical screen.
Today the game was launched on Steam Greenlight and a Kickstarter campaign was started to fund the game art. So have a look and give it a try, and if you like it and want to help, consider backing the project.
many of you might already have heard of the new Ogre3D-powered game “Salvation Prophecy”. It definitely deserves a mention here in our news blog and the fact that it has just been entered into Steam Greenlight makes for a perfect moment to share some additional information about it that the creator Sean Lindskog was kind enough to provide:
Game Overview
Salvation Prophecy is a military space epic. Human, mutant, and robotic factions are at war for galactic domination. Battles rage as space fleets collide, and planet invasions clash against fortified enemy colonies. Yet the greatest danger is the impending annihilation foretold by an apocalyptic prophecy. You must seek out the mysteries of distant alien worlds, and master ancient powers to withstand the coming storm.
we are happy to be able to introduce to you another commercial Ogre3D project, this time by the independent micro studio BitFlip.
BitFlip Studios
The studio is based in Berkeley, California and almost two years old. The team has released a number of iOS games, as well as having played supporting roles in yet to be released AAA games. Formerly, members of the team worked on the Bioshock & X-Com series at 2K Marin, as well as Hellgate: London & Mythos with Flagship Studios.
Minion Master
Their newest creation is a digital board game called Minion Master. It combines elements of tabletop gaming, turn based and real-time strategy, and collectible card building games and has now officially gone into beta beginning of this month. The game is also now available for pre-order and players who do so will get instant access to the game’s exclusive, closed private beta.
The BitFlip Games team will also be at the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) in Seattle, WA from August 31st to September 2nd to unveil Minion Master to consumers for the first time. Players who visit the BitFlip Games booth will be able to jump onto one of six stations hosting multiplayer Minion Master matches.
“We are developing a fast, light-hearted, atmospheric, and accessible baseball game. It mixes a unique cartoon art style with a simulation that is true to the sport.” – Co-Founder, Metalhead Software Inc.
The game is driven by a custom made game engine (MetalTech) consisting of Ogre, bullet, Lua, FMOD and CEGUI. They are using 3dsMax for art&animation and OgreMax to export it all (in addition to a great many custom 3dsMax scripts as they told us). The team only consists of three guys, 2 IT guys and 1 artist. Nonetheless they managed to deliver a game that already looks great and fun in this stage of development and they obviously put in a lot of effort into the details like the stadium surroundings (Statue of Liberty, Air Force fly-by, …) and the cheering crowds (find more technical details about their implementation in the showcase thread).
BTW: MetalheadSoftware is currently in the process of striking a deal with a major 3rd party publisher. Best of luck with that!
